THE BRILLIANT THIRD BOOK IN THE BESTSELLING HILDUR SERIES, SOON TO BE A TV SHOW!
As Christmas comes to the west cost of Iceland, a corpse is found in a fish farming pond. Detective Hildur Rúnarsdóttir and trainee Jakob Johanson barely have time to start their investigation before another body is discovered. And soon a third.
While investigating the case, Hildur's lost sister weighs heavy on her mind. Meanwhile, Jakob travels to Finland for the hearing of his fraught custody battle, that leaves him facing dire consequences. As the number of deaths continues to grow, Hildur and Jakob are desperate to catch the killer before they strike again.
Translated by Kristian London
Praise for Satu Rämö:
'Satu Rämö's Hildur series is a wildly successful publishing phenomenon that has put the genre of "Nordic blue" on Europe's literary map' The Guardian
'Atmospheric and startlingly original' Sunday Times
'Hildur Rúnarsdóttir, a police detective who surfs the icy waters of Iceland, barrels into the genre like a tsunami. This book must be read in one sitting' Max Seeck, NYT and Der Spiegel bestselling author
'Rämö plans to continue Hildur's story, and if she does it as well as in this, her debut novel, she may become a significant new name in Nordic crime fiction' Helsingin Sanomat Satu Rämö is a bestselling Finnish-born crime author who has lived in Iceland for the past twenty years. Her Nordic crime Hildur series has sold over one million copies worldwide and has been a bestseller in Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Germany. A TV adaptation will premiere in 2026 and the series has also been adapted for the stage. Satu has also published numerous bestselling, prizewinning non-fiction titles in her native Finland.
She lives with her Icelandic husband and two children in the small town of Ísafjörður in northwest Iceland. The third book in the international bestselling Hildur series, following The Clues in the Fjord and The Grave in the Ice , featuring Hildur Rúnarsdóttir, the only police detective in the isolated Westfjords of Iceland. The Shadow of the Northern Lights is the third book in the internationally bestselling Hildur trilogy. Big budget TV series and theatre adaptation in development German Spiegel bestseller list immediately on launch The Hildur series has sold almost 500,000 copies in Finland alone (a record in a population of 5.5 million) The series was sold into thirteen territories (pre-empts in multiple territories) and the first book was a Der Spiegel bestseller for 8 weeks. Award winning writer: Winner - Nextory E-Book Award for Fiction 2023 Winner - Supla Audiobook of the Year Award 2023 Winner - BookBeat 'Newcomer of the Year' 2022 Shortlisted - 'Tulenkantaja' Finnish Literary Export Prize 2022 Nominee - ThrillZone Awards (NL) for Debut Crime Fiction 2023 Nominee - Torchbearer Finnish Literary Export Prize 2022 Seasonal title - set during Christmas
